TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1986//
TI  - Guilty until proved innocent: Wrongful conviction and public policy
JO  - Crime and delinquency
A1  - Huff, C. Ronald
A1  - Rattner, Arye
A1  - Sagarin, Edward
A1  - MacNamara, Donal E. J.
SP  - 518
EP  - 544
VL  - 32
IS  - 4
N2  - Few problems can pose a greater threat to free, democratic societies than that of wrongful convictionóthe conviction of an innocent person. Yet relatively little attention has been paid to this problem, perhaps because of our understandable concern with the efficiency and effectiveness of the criminal justice system in combatting crime. Drawing on our own database of nearly 500 cases of wrongful conviction, our survey of criminal justice officials, and our review of extant literature on the subject, we address three major questions: (1) How frequent is wrongful conviction? (2) What are its major causes? and (3) What policy implications may be derived from this study? (Abstract Adapted from Source: Crime and Delinquency, 1986. Copyright © 1986 by SAGE Publications)  Adult Offender Adult Inmate Incarcerated Correctional Institution Criminal Justice System Justice System Policy Public Policy Innocent Defendant Wrongful Conviction 06-07<p />
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SN  - 0011-1287
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -